1971 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1971 American League 82-80 (.506) East Yankee Stadium New York City CBS Lee MacPhail Ralph Houk WPIX(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Whitey Ford) WMCA(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White) The 1971 New York Yankees season was the 69th season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 82–80, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. Offseason March 31, 1971: Pete Ward was released by the Yankees.Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions April 9, 1971: Ron Klimkowski and Rob Gardner was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Felipe Alou.Felipe Alou page at Baseball Reference May 26, 1971: Curt Blefary was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner.Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference May 28, 1971: Bill Burbach was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Hardin.Bill Burbach page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1971: Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell were traded by the Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers for Danny Walton.Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft Larry Murray was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round.Larry Murray page at Baseball Reference Mike Pazik was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (13th pick) of the Secondary Phase.Mike Pazik page at Baseball Reference June 25, 1971: Ron Woods was traded by the Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Ron Swoboda.Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference July 17, 1971: Bobby Cox was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Bobby Cox page at Baseball Reference August 28, 1971: Bobby Cox was released by the Yankees. Roster 1971 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 22 Jack Aker 45 Stan Bahnsen 50 Bill Burbach 50 Al Closter 39,43 Rob Gardner 46 Roger Hambright 29 Jim Hardin 39 Gary Jones 18 Mike Kekich 38 Steve Kline 43 Terry Ley 40 Lindy McDaniel 19 Fritz Peterson 30 Mel Stottlemyre 54 Gary Waslewski Catchers 41 Jake Gibbs 15 Thurman Munson Infielders 26 Frank Baker 25 Len Boehmer 10 Danny Cater 20 Horace Clarke 23 John Ellis 28 Ron Hansen  2 Jerry Kenney 17 Gene Michael Outfielders 24 Felipe Alou 13 Curt Blefary 12 Ron Blomberg 27 Jim Lyttle  1 Bobby Murcer 14 Ron Swoboda 21 Frank Tepedino 21 Rusty Torres 21 Danny Walton  6 Roy White  9 Ron Woods Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches 44 Jim Hegan 32 Elston Howard 34 Dick Howser 31 Jim Turner Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Thurman Munson 125 451 113 .251 10 42 1B Danny Cater 121 428 118 .276 4 50 2B Horace Clarke 159 625 156 .250 2 41 3B Jerry Kenney 120 325 85 .262 0 20 SS Gene Michael 139 456 102 .224 3 35 LF Roy White 147 524 153 .292 19 84 CF Bobby Murcer 146 529 175 .331 25 94 RF Felipe Alou 131 461 133 .289 8 69 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI John Ellis 83 238 58 .244 3 34 Jake Gibbs 70 206 45 .218 5 21 Ron Blomberg 64 199 64 .322 7 31 Ron Hansen 61 145 30 .207 2 20 Ron Swoboda 54 138 36 .261 2 20 Jim Lyttle 49 86 17 .198 1 7 Frank Baker 43 79 11 .139 0 2 Curt Blefary 21 36 7 .194 1 2 Ron Woods 25 32 8 .250 1 2 Rusty Torres 9 26 10 .385 2 3 Danny Walton 5 14 2 .143 1 2 Frank Tepedino 6 6 0 .000 0 0 Len Boehmer 3 5 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Fritz Peterson 37 274.0 15 13 3.05 139 Mel Stottlemyre 35 269.2 16 12 2.87 132 Stan Bahnsen 36 242.0 14 12 3.35 110 Steve Kline Steve Kline (right-handed pitcher) 31 222.1 12 13 2.96 81 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Mike Kekich 37 170.1 10 9 4.07 93 Jim Hardin 12 28.1 0 2 5.08 14 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Lindy McDaniel 44 5 10 4 5.04 39 Jack Aker 41 4 4 4 2.59 24 Gary Waslewski 24 0 1 1 3.28 17 Roger Hambright 18 3 1 2 4.39 14 Al Closter 14 2 2 0 5.08 22 Gary Jones 12 0 0 0 9.00 10 Terry Ley 6 0 0 0 10.80 3 Bill Burbach 2 0 1 0 10.80 3 Rob Gardner Rob Gardner (baseball) 2 0 0 0 3.00 2 Awards and honors Outfielder Bobby Murcer competed in his first All-Star GameYankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 64, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, 978-0-06-147342-5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Loren Babe AA Manchester Yankees Eastern League Mickey Vernon A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Gene Hassell A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Bobby Cox A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League George Case Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Jerry Walker LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: OneontaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1971 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1971 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1970s in the Bronx